head to head
vs
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered KingdomvsStronghold
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stronghold leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Knights and Merchants: The Shattered KingdomStronghold
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Stronghold leans harder on reads: AI opponents are scripted, minor prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 9
Stronghold leans harder on optimization: economy and castle-building near-solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.